Evacuation By Tim “Sledge Hammer” Sellers, Anthony “Jumper” Cameron and Paris “The Pazz” McCathrion. The Anzacs were losing the battle in Gallipoli to the Turkish army. After losing eight thousand, one hundred and forty one people the leaders of the Anzacs decided it would be wise to withdraw from Anzac cove (Gallipoli). They had to be very careful with leaving because if the Turks would attack and kill the Anzacs, It took the forty thousand Anzacs three weeks to evacuate the inhabited beaches of Gallipoli. The evacuation happened between September and December, and by the 20th of December no Anzacs were left, they all got away (apart from the Anzacs that died.) “Gallipoli was a bastard of a place”. This what the Anzacs thought of Gallipoli, after they had finally got out of Gallipoli.